UID:
edocfu_9959233516202883
Format:
viii, 211 p. :
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ill.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-77801-5
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1-134-77802-3
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1-280-33207-7
,
0-203-02555-5
,
0-203-15957-8
Content:
While much work has been done on goddesses of the ancient world and the male gods of pre-Christian Scandinavia, the northern goddesses have been largely neglected. Roles of the Northern Goddess presents a highly readable study of the worship of these goddesses by men and women. With its use of evidence from early literature, popular tradition, legend and archaeology, this book investigates the role of the early hunting goddess and the local goddesses who were involved in all aspects of the household and the farm. What emerges is that the goddess was both benevolent and destructive, a powerful figure closely concerned with birth and death and with destiny of individuals.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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chapter INTRODUCTION — -- chapter 1 MISTRESS OF THE ANIMALS — -- chapter 2 Mistress of the Grainb -- chapter 3 MISTRESS OF DISTAFF AND LOOM — -- chapter 4 MISTRESS OF THE HOUSEHOLD — -- chapter 5 MISTRESS OF LIFE AND DEATH —.
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-13610-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-13611-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203025550
